It is now officially a roller coaster. For however many “ups” there are, equally there are the “downs”.
Here’s how it is going: I felt fine yesterday, and mostly, calmer as I was hoping. However, the “calmer” side of me was read by my close family as if I was in a bad mood (no) or off of my normal self (not that I was aware of). Day two was the day that I had lunch with my mother-in-law, at Brar Sweets, a vegetarian indian restaurant which made it easy for me to stay on track. Little one in tow, it was also easy for me to not overeat, just as I had planned. Aside from recommending the restaurant it most definitely added a great escape from the idea that I’m on a crazy extreme diet. For snacks: whole peppers and cucumbers. Yum.
I have been also searching for a template to follow. I find that I am eating so similar to previous (aside from the elimination of said “toxins”) that I’m craving new foods for my palette. So I am turning to Dr. Gillian McKeith and her book “You are what you eat”, a staple in my library. In it she has a 7 day starter detox to follow in which I will start tomorrow (after a few days of getting my feet wet). Also Brar sweets did give me the idea that perhaps a curry may fill me up more and by adding more curried veggies to my meal, I’ll have a better chance in feeling full and more importantly satisfied.
The downside is that I’m still searching for this energy surge. Too early to find, I suppose.
Typical diet so far:
Breakfast: Hot water with lemon, bowl of fruit
snack: oatmeal or Quinoa with cinnamon, banana and 1 tsp. almond butter
lunch: sardines, tuna with veggies. small handful of pumpkin seeds
snack: whole peppers or cucumber
dinner: curried vegetables over lightly steamed veggies
snack: orange
I never thought that I’d “snack” on a whole pepper. It reminds me of the crazy days I once saw my girlfriend biting into an onion like it was an apple….
In short, even day two did not seem as bad as I would have expected after day one. Day three, I started to feel “brighter”….
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